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How to be happy for a certain period of time

created by mrsid

(idea) by mrsid (2.1 y) (print)   ?   (I like it!) 2 C!s Wed Apr 11 2001 at 11:15:25

If you want to be happy for a few minutes, then have sex.
If you want to be happy for a few hours, then get drunk.
If you want to be happy for a few days, then slaughter a pig and eat it with your friends.
If you want to be happy for a few months, then marry a woman.
But if you want to be happy for a whole lifetime, than spend your time with <insert your favourite hobby here>

Originally a Chinese saying, where the favourite thing was "a garden", but can be applied to nearly everything, e.g. noding


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